On 3/18/21 10:23 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
[what can be done] I am guessing someone could make an unofficial set of spins which cut out some packages to try and make it fit in single density.
This is probably the solution at this point for the 'Full' DVD. In the interim, older machines such as this should just use the 'Minimal' DVD, since it fits on single-layer nicely. (I hear or read single-density and think FM encoding, 128 bytes per sector, 77-track IBM 3740 format 8 inch floppies......which are still in use in certain places...) Same for 8.x or 8 Stream -- oh, wait, there is no 'Minimal' ISO, so net install or USB is it, can't use optical media at all.
You're right; we're rabbit-holing. Being at a non-profit, I have to rabbit hole a lot, since I tend to use much older hardware than 'normal.'